Neville Goddard on Numbers 22:31-33 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 22 in context

Scripture Focus

31Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

32And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

33And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.

Numbers 22:31-33

Biblical Context

God opens Balaam's eyes and he sees the angel blocking the road with a drawn sword; the episode shows Balaam's misalignment and the donkey's awareness, underscoring that divine guidance interrupts a perverse path.

Neville's Inner Vision

Awakening to Balaam’s experience is a turning of mind, a shift in consciousness rather than a mere historical event. The I AM stands before every decision, and when awareness opens, the obstacle before you appears not as thwarting fate but as a messenger of correction. The donkey's perception and retreat are the body's inner senses insisting that the current direction is not in harmony with the divine plan. Your life holds such watchers; they arise whenever you have wandered into a perverse way. The drawn sword is the clarity of a present moment that cuts through self-will, revealing what must be redirected. The angel's question about striking the donkey three times invites you to examine the three cycles of belief you are ready to relinquish. If you wake to this presence, you bow before the I AM and yield, allowing the inner governor to steer your path with quiet confidence and love.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: assume I AM guiding this moment and see the path already aligned with divine purpose. Then revise any sense of drift, and feel it real as if you walk in the calm certainty of inner Providence.